stopper, plug
→
traffic jam
12 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme 1 | xcʿan (խցան) | |
| Lexeme 2 | xcʿanum (խցանում) | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, plug | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | Khts’anumi patcharrov menk’ gnum eink’ 3 zham (Խցանումի պատճառով մենք գնում էինք 3 ժամ) We drove for 3 hours due to traffic jams |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Azerbaijani | |
| Lexeme | probka | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, plug | şüşǝ probka glass stopper |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | Yolda proba ǝmǝlǝ gǝlib there is a traffic jam on the road |
| Reference | ARL 2006: 775 | |
| Comment | From Russian пробка | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Azerbaijani | |
| Lexeme | tıxac | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, plug | tıxacı çıxarmaq to pull the plug |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | Yollarda tıxac ǝmǝlǝ gǝlmişdir there is a traffic jam on the roads |
| Reference | ARL 2006: 541 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Belarusan | |
| Lexeme | пробка (probka) | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, plug | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | пробка на шашы traffic jam on the highway |
| Reference | Slounik.org | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | bouchon | |
| Meaning 1 | cork, bung, stopper, plug | enlever un bouchon to take out a cork |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Georgian | |
| Lexeme | sacobi (საცობი) | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, cork | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | თუკი ბოლო დროს, პიკის საათებში ქალაქის ქუჩებში გაგივლიათ, გეცოდინებათ რას ნიშნავს უძრაობა დაუსრულებელ საცობში. (tuk’i bolo dros, p’ik’is saatebshi kalakis kuchebshi gagivliat, getsodinebat ras nishnavs udzraoba dausrulebel satsobshi.) If you have been walking the streets of the city during rush hour lately, you will know what immobility means in endless traffic jams. |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | dugó | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, plug, сork | a borosüveg dugója the сork of a wine bottle |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | |
| Reference | MEK 1978 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | sāi, sài, sè (塞) | |
| Lexeme 2 | yōngsè (壅塞) | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, plug | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | Yōngsè shūsànle (壅塞疏散了) the traffic jam has resolved |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | lit. 'flood (smth.); plug up; dam (river)' + 'stopper, plug'. Also dǔsè (堵塞) lit. 'to block the path; to plug up' + 'stopper' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme 1 | kork | |
| Lexeme 2 | trafikkork | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, plug | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | Fiskeriministeren avviser konsekvenser av trafikkork ved hard Brexit The Minister of Fisheries rejects the consequences of traffic jams in the event of a hard Brexit |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme | korek | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, cork | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | Korek powstaje, kiedy liczba pojazdów opuszczających odcinek drogi w określonym kierunku jest mniejsza od liczby pojazdów wjeżdżających na niego. A traffic jam occurs when the number of vehicles leaving the road section in a certain direction is less than the number of vehicles entering it. |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | пробка (probka) | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, plug | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | Я опоздал на работу из-за пробок I was late for work due to traffic jams |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ukrainian | |
| Lexeme | пробка (probka) | |
| Meaning 1 | stopper, plug | Я відтикаю зубами пробку — і в обличчя мені б'є незнайомий густий дух вина I pull the cork with my teeth - and an unfamiliar thick spirit of wine hits me in the face |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | traffic jam | Пробка попереду розсоталася, шофер сів за руль, і машина рушила The traffic jam in front spread, the driver got behind the wheel, and the car started moving |
| Reference | SUM-11 | |
| Comment | ||
English bottleneck 'the narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle', (figuratively) 'in traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay'.